Strictly Come Dancing announces huge new addition to BBC show after 20 years

Strictly Come Dancing volition be getting a shake-up with a brand-new themed week being introduced to the long-running series.

This twelvemonth marks 20 years connected surface for the BBC dancing show, which archetypal launched successful 2004.

Over the years the themes successful peculiar weeks person been Movies, Musicals and Blackpool.

Now another volition beryllium added to the mix.

The quality was announced connected tonight’s occurrence of It Takes Two, with big Janette Manrara sharing the update.

‘Now the critics emotion Movie week, right? Halloween week is scarily good, and Musicals week is Wicked! Well, to observe our 20^th twelvemonth it’s clip for a Strictly first,’ she began.

‘I tin uncover this twelvemonth that determination is simply a caller themed week, and it is…Icons!’.

She continued: ‘On Saturday November 2 you tin each look guardant to Icons week. It’s clip to spell Gaga arsenic Strictly honours a radical of icons from the euphony industry. All of our couples volition beryllium wowing you with dances to antithetic legends.’

A clip was past shown of a creation regular performed by the pros and led by Johannes Radebe to Beyonce’s Run the World (Girls).

However, galore Strictly fans seemed unconvinced.

‘Icons week? Cos we’ve ne'er had dances to Gaga, Beyonce, Whitney, Tina, Mariah, Elton, Nina, Madonna etc before…which shaper phoned that successful via ChatGPT?’ idiosyncratic Hannah posted connected X.

‘How astir celebrating iconic routines of strictly past- returning pros and winners participating successful radical routines oregon arsenic further dancers successful celeb routines. Nothing astir this celebrates the shows anniversary,’ Amy shared.

‘All of that buildup conscionable for a taxable week 😢and it doesn’t truly shriek “anniversary”,’ desmoongirl added.

The BBC has explained truthful far: ‘In this brand-new peculiar week, which volition beryllium portion of this bid and beyond, the remaining couples volition instrumentality to the ballroom level to honour euphony icons.

‘Our Strictly Come Dancing stars volition wage tribute to immoderate of the astir recognisable and influential radical successful the euphony industry.

‘This caller week volition beryllium dedicated to euphony legends from crossed the decades.’

The nationalist broadcaster besides revealed Icons week, which volition aerial the week aft the Halloween special, won’t beryllium a one-off either and volition go portion of the bid moving forward.

Retired themes from past seasons of Strictly see Around the World week and BBC 100 Week, successful which the contestants performed to taxable tunes from iconic BBC shows to commemorate the broadcaster’s centennial.

Last week, the archetypal themed week of the bid got underway, with the remaining 14 contestants (minus Nick Knowles who had to beryllium retired owed to an injury) paying homage to movies similar Barbie, Harry Potter, Mrs. Doubtfire, Rocketman and The Little Mermaid.

So acold this play Olympian Tom Dean and his spouse Nadiya Bychkova person been sent home, being followed by Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones connected the astir caller episode.

It Takes Two airs weekdays from 6.30pm connected BBC Two. Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday astatine 6.20pm connected BBC One.

Got a story?

If you’ve got a personage story, video oregon pictures get successful interaction with the Metro.co.uk amusement squad by emailing america [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 oregon by visiting our Submit Stuff leafage – we’d emotion to perceive from you.

MORE : Strictly’s Anton Du Beke makes wide connection with Giovanni Pernice announcement

MORE : The biggest signs Strictly’s Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal person ‘fallen for each other’

MORE : Strictly prima ‘finding it hard to walk’ owed to agonising chronic condition